Exchange Club Family Center receives donation

The Exchange Club Family Center, an area nonprofit agency dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse and domestic violence, received $18,500 from representatives of the Germantown Charity Horse Show.

The annual event held in Germantown has supported the center for 13 years and has raised more than $400,000 for the center’s programs and services. This year, the Germantown Charity Horse Show made an $18,500 donation to the center, which was supplemented by the $15,000 the center’s staff and volunteers raised through program and program ad sales during the horse show.

“We cannot begin to express our gratitude for the Germantown Charity Horse Show’s generosity through the years,” said Barbara King, executive director for the center. “The support they’ve given us has played an integral role in not only sustaining our services, but ensuring we’re able to continually update and expand our programming through the work of our qualified staff.”

As the official charity for the Germantown Charity Horse Show, the Exchange Club Family Center produces the printed program, which is sold by the center’s volunteers throughout the event. In addition to the charitable donation made from the profits of the horse show, the center also receives proceeds from the sale of the program, as well as money collected from the silent auction art sale.

“The Germantown Charity Horse Show Association is proud to work with such a worthy organization,” said Susan Winn, president of the Germantown Charity Horse Show. “Our dedicated members know the good work performed by The Exchange Club Family Center. The Family Center does an excellent job providing services that rebuild broken families within our community and we truly appreciate their efforts. It’s a privilege that our organizations work so well together and have helped each other grow. We ask that the community continue supporting this worthy cause by attending the upcoming Germantown Charity Horse Show in 2013, set for June 4 through 8.”